An Introduction to Backbone.js [Video]

Sidney Maestre, platform evangelist for StackMob, presents an introduction to Backbone.js, to the San Francisco HTML5 User Group. He walks you through the framework and lays out the advantages of using Backbone.js for your HTML5 application.

Specific topics include:

• models & collections
• views & templates
• routers
• events
• and how to leverage data persistence with StackMob

The conversation includes a demo that deconstructs the different components of an app using Backbone.js.

[Youtube]